Josh Flagg’s Estate Media Sets Programming Slate

Josh Lucas just got engaged!

K.J. Yossman Canada’s Sphere Media is set to acquire distributor Abacus Media Rights from Amcomri Entertainment Inc. The deal, which is valued at $24.6 million, is expected to close in mid-August.

A24 has closed an investment round led by Thrive Capital, the New York investment firm of Josh Kushner, who will join the indie distributor’s board of directors.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Film and TV studio A24 has secured a new round of funding led by Josh Kushner’s investment firm Thrive Capital. In connection with the investment, Kushner will be joining the board of directors for A24, best known for such films as “Civil War,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Moonlight” and “Uncut Gems,” and TV series “Euphoria,” “Beef,” “Ramy” and “The Sympathizer.” Financial details and exact figures were not disclosed by A24 and Thrive Capital, but sources confirm to Variety the investment from Thrive Capital gives it a valuation of about $3.5 billion — a 40% increase since A24’s first round of funding, which was $225 million at $2.5 billion in 2022.

We’ve got a new update about Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen!

Lexi Carson Film, television and media financing firm BondIt Media Capital has closed a new credit facility of $60 million with the option to increase to $100 million, from Keystone National Group, a private credit fund and investment advisory firm. The new facility is aimed at refinancing an existing credit facility, that has been a key factor in BondIt’s growth over the last six years.

The Supreme Court today rejected Josh Duggar‘s appeal of his 2021 conviction on two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography, according to multiple reports. The court did not comment on the decision.

Yay! The Supreme Court did something right! And didn’t accept any gifts from billionaires the whole time! Josh Duggar really did take hi

J. Kim Murphy The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal made by former reality television subject Josh Duggar, who was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2021 and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2022. The decision came Monday morning, per the Associated Press.

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth play such a key role in the Hunger Games franchise that we can hardly imagine the movies without them at the center of it all.

These days, no IP is too good not to capitalize on, not even “Spaceballs.” Variety reports that Amazon MGM Studios has a sequel of the 1987 sci-fi spoof in development with Josh Gad set to star. Gad also leads producers on the project along with the original director, Mel Brooks.

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Josh Gad is set to star in a sequel for the classic parody film Spaceballs!

Katcy Stephan A “Spaceballs” sequel is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Josh Gad is set to star, and will produce alongside Mel Brooks. Josh Greenbaum will direct the film from a screenplay by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad, while Kevin Salter will executive produce.

Josh Gad is attached to produce and star in a Spaceballs sequel in early development at Amazon MGM Studios, which Mel Brooks will also produce, Deadline can confirm.

Swept Away, the new musical featuring the music of folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, will begin performances at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, October 29 with an opening set for Tuesday, November 19.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Parallax China, one of China’s leading independent film sales companies, has picked up rights to a pair of titles that debut this week at the Shanghai International Film Festival. It is handling world sales on “Qian Tang River,” directed by Wan Bo, and “Another Day of Hope,” by Liu Taifeng. Both are directorial debuts and both appear in the non-competitive Refreshing Chinese Cinema section.

EXCLUSIVE: TFC Management has signed Josh Hutcherson for representation in all areas.

Filming is underway on the all-star next Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man.

Lexi Carson Vertical has acquired Conor Soucy‘s directorial debut “Dead Whisper” and will debut it in select theaters on July 5, and on AppleTV and Prime Video, beginning July 9. The horror/thriller film “Dead Whisper” stars Samuel Dunning (“Tim Travers and the Time Travelers Paradox”) and marks the first on-screen role for Rob Evan, whose previous credits include Broadway’s “Les Misérables,” and “Jekyll & Hyde.” The rest of the cast’s ensemble includes Tana Sirois, Samantha Hill, Codey Gillum, Chris Goodwin, Dhane Ross, Hester Wilkinson and Bruce Winant.